Is jaguar a social animal or a solitary animal?

Pumas are extremely solitary creatures, only mothers and kittens live in groups, with adults only meeting to mate. They are so solitary in fact, that they are very rarely seen even when living in close proximity to dense human populations. For example the Santa Cruz Mountains of Northern California, which lie in between San Jose and the Pacific Ocean, is home to an estimated population of 50-70 pumas yet most people who live in and around the area will go their entire lives without ever seeing one. Territories of males and females differ in size, with male territories ranging from 150 to 1,000 square kilometers (58 to 386 sq miles) and female territories about half that.